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See Cruz lecture Feinstein on Constitution

California senator furious over having to listen to 2nd Amendment explanation

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a ban on the sale and manufacture of more than 150 types of semi-automatic weapons with military-style features Thursday.

The vote comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced bills earlier in the week to enact near-universal background checks and combat gun trafficking.

The bill was approved by the committee on a party-line, 10-8 vote, which came after a heated exchange between Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

Feinstein became furious at one point with Cruz for “lecturing” her on the Second Amendment and the use of certain language in the Constitution.

“I’m not a sixth-grader,” she told the freshman tea-party favorite. “I’m not a lawyer, but after 20 years, I’ve been up close and personal to the Constitution. I have great respect for it. It’s fine you want to lecture me on the Constitution. I appreciate it. Just know I’ve been here for a long time. I’ve passed on a number of bills. I’ve studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well-educated, and I thank you for the lecture.”

The measure approved Thursday is the most controversial drafted since the deadly school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

The legislation is vulnerable in the full Senate, where Democrats are expected to need 60 votes for passage through the 100-member chamber.

Is gun confiscation in America going to happen?

Yes, it's long overdue

Yes, the people have finally seen through the NRA propaganda

Yes, the Second Amendment is outdated and archaic

Yes, safety and security trumps hunting and target shooting

Yes, Americans have lost their ability to discern right from wrong and to defend the Constitution

I don't know, but I sure hope not

No, attempts to do so will lead to civil war

No, not unless the government pries them from our cold, dead fingers

No, there are too many firearms in the U.S.

No, not totally, but government will continue to band classifications of guns and wear down resistance

No, Joe Biden promises to leave us with shotguns – the all-purpose defense weapon of choice